a heavily armored plane designed to destroy tanks and constructed around its powerful 30 mm gun and enormous munitions drum. Its wide combat radius and short takeoff and landing ability ...
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a heavily armored plane designed to destroy tanks and constructed around its powerful 30 mm gun and enormous munitions drum. Its wide combat radius and short takeoff and landing ability enable it to operate in and out of locations near front lines....

the situation of the anchor at the moment it is broken out of the ground when being weighed. When the anchor is a-weigh the ship is no longer secured to the ground and will drift unless ...
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the situation of the anchor at the moment it is broken out of the ground when being weighed. When the anchor is a-weigh the ship is no longer secured to the ground and will drift unless under sail or power....

(October 1944) a World War II battle in which Aachen became the first German city to fall to Allied forces. U.S. forces encircled Aachen and entered to find bitter resistance, despite ...
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(October 1944) a World War II battle in which Aachen became the first German city to fall to Allied forces. U.S. forces encircled Aachen and entered to find bitter resistance, despite having subjected the defenders to a prolonged aerial and artillery bombardment that destroyed about two-thirds of the city. The garrison surrendered on October 21....

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